J/2 Arrow | |
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Role | Touring aircraft |
Manufacturer | Auster Aircraft Limited |
First flight | 1945 |
Introduction | 1945 |
Status | Two airworthy in UK in 2009 |
Primary user | Private pilot owners |
Number built | 44 |
Variants | Auster J-4 |
The Auster J/2 Arrow is a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire, England.
The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane. A development aircraft, a side-by-side two-seater first flew in 1946 powered by a Lycoming O-145-B3 flat four air-cooled engine.[1]
Import restrictions on the sale in the United Kingdom (UK) of American-built engines resulted in most of the 44 aircraft completed being exported, mainly to Australia.[1] In later life, examples were re-imported to the UK, where several examples remained active in 2011.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52[2]
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